Codex Millennia

0.99 usd

Ever heard people talking about the great works of literature but never knew where to start or what to read? What if you could have a whole library of the most essential works of fiction in one elegantly designed app?Codex Millennia is part of the Codex collection by Words & Things and has been designed to provide the most complete introduction to English and European literature to those who need it most. Organised in chronological order from ancient Greece to the twentieth century, it brings together such masterpieces as The Iliad by Homer, The Aeneid by Virgil, Don Quixote by Cervantes, and Gargantua and Pantagruel by Master Rabelais, as well as popular classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Ivanhoe, Jane Eyre, and A Tale of Two Cities; not to mention doorstop epics like Anna Karenina and The Count of Monte Christo, and classic modernist works from Joyce and Kafka. In all, twenty-five essential works of literature from the last three thousand years.
And as if that wasn't enough, it also provides in-app links to an online audio-book recording of each story completely free of charge, so that you can listen to the story being read at the same time as you read.
Other apps in the Codex collection include:
Codex Philosophicus - a complete beginner's library of Western philosophy (available now)Codex Americana - a complete library and introduction to the literature of the USA (forthcoming)The Book Box - 15 essential classics of children's literature (available now)
(Please note: online audio-book recordings require an internet connection.)